Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-17

W. r nCO0I0fenC0-I00 Butte
and Bozeman Railroad.
HELENA. August 15.-[Speclal to The
Miner. 1.-The executive committee OF the
! Montana Press Association. composed OF
Messrs. r. c. Walker. Editor j. E. HeDdry,
of the Independent aud 'eo. E. Boos. OF the
Journal Publishing Company, met this
| evening and discussed the arrangements for
entertaining the visiting members. 1t was
| suggested and resolved that the guests be
| rendered the free use of carriages to inspect
| the city, free entrance to the fair grounds,
a ID number Of other pleasures provided
| for ALL to G ose with a magnificent ban
quet. No excursion was arranged, as owing
to the number OF attractions in the city
during the week, it would not do to take
the visitors away from the town. Every
Indication points to this next meeting as
the most noted of all. The Pioneer Press
company, by C. B. Haynes, have presented
The badges to be worn during the meeting.
A small fire occurred this morning about
l O'Clock. The steam gong made more ex-
citement than the fire. which was due, it is
supposed to an incendiary, and being an
old stable was easily subdued with but
slight loss.
C. N. O'Brien, foreman OF the Western
Union Construction, with a crew of seven
men, has arrived in town after etringing a
wire from Helena, to Boulder. He COM
menced work to-day on a wire from Helena
to sfarysvlle, but can only run it as far as
Birdseye sit present, and as soon as the
track laying is finished on the Northern
Pacific branch to Marysvlle he will COM
plete the running of the wire to that point
After getting as far as Birdseye Mr. O'Brien
will probably take his crew to Drummond,
from which point he will string a wire to
Philipsburg. Several other branch lines
are in contemplation and will probably be
complete ed this fall.
The conference Of the Methodist Church,
81 nth, whirh has he.n in sossio. 5. Eli"
city since Thursday morning last, closed
last evening. There are about 800 local
preachers and members, and about 800
Sunday school scholars. There are ten
churches, valued at S3l 500, and five par
sonages, valued at 4,6OO; about $500
have been raised for missions, SIT for the
church ex tension fund, and the ladies have
| raised S1l3 to assist in building parson-
| ages. Three new parsonages have been
| built The past year. Bishop Hendrix made
| a very favorab ble impression, and is ounger
than most men who fill the Episcopal Of
F.! flee. He is a man OF energy, culture and
conservation to his work.
| After some very appropriate remarks,
the bishop read the following appoint
year: Helena tiistrict-E. J. Stanley. pre-
siding elder; Butte-A. c. Coney; Anaconda
and Deer Lodge-to be supplied; Stephens
vile E. J. Stanley and D. N. Epperson;
T. W. Flowers, supernumary; Bozeman
,listrict-L. B. Stateler, presiding elder,
Bozeman; T. NJ. Patterson, Bozeman and
Willow Creek-B. E. H. Warren; Town
send-to be supplied, Whitehall and Silver
star-to be supplied.
Col. Clough, engineer of the Northern
Pacific returned last evening on the east.
ern train from his duties on TIE line OF the
proposed railroad from Bozeman to Butte
The Colonel is authority for saying that
the preliminary surveys are com
pleted. and that he is now
leneaged in locating the line OF the proposed
road. The connection between Bozeman
and Butte is made by building railroad
starting from point on the Northern Pa
cifc, about hall way between Morelanc
and Ga,!atin and crossing the Jefferson ii
a northwesterly direction and pursuing th'
Boulder RIVER up to Boulder City, connect
ing with the Boulder Valley and Butte
now under construction, at that point
The proposed road will be about fort.
J uIiles ieng between the points named, ant
? making he total distance from Bozemal
r to Butte tinety-nine miles. The grades o
the route are very favorable, and the roat
! can be quickly and cheaply made. By thi
road, which will be commenced this fall
the Butte people will he brought NOR
than hundred miles nearer to Bozema7
= than by the way Of Garrison.